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Marijuana's useful cousin hemp could soon be sprouting on test plots in Nevada after a legislative subcommittee gave final approval Thursday to regulations overseeing the pilot project. Robert Little, plant division administrator at the Nevada Department of Agriculture, said the agency...

A new business is set to take root in Gunter that plans to transform a dilapidated cotton gin warehouse into a facility that will cultivate hemp and extract and process its oil for medical treatments. Patrick Moran, AcquiFlow CEO, met with citizens at the Gunter City Hall on Wednesday night to...

E-cigarette and medical marijuana users in Ontario will soon be banned from smoking or vaporizing anywhere regular cigarettes are prohibited, unless the Liberal government changes its mind — again. Premier Kathleen Wynne thinks the new rules are common sense. "We have made a determination...

Medical marijuana may be legal in Arizona, but using it can still get you kicked out of your home. Some Valley landlords have provisions in their leases that specifically ban medical marijuana use, even by card-holding patients, and a violation can result in eviction. Vince Borinsky said he...

At her Columbus apartment, Savannah takes a jar filled with medicinal Marijuana and places a large handful, or roughly five grams, on the kitchen counter. On average, she said, this is her average dosage for one week. Savannah, who has asked that we not use her full name, uses medicinal...

Broadcaster Sir Paul Holmes turned to marijuana for pain relief in the weeks before he died, his widow has revealed. Holmes died in 2013, after battling heart problems and the return of prostate cancer. His name joins those of other well-known New Zealanders who have lent support to the...

The Sydney tar ponds, once considered one of Canada's most toxic waste sites, is now a green space after decades of work and hundreds of millions of dollars spent on cleanup. Part of the former coke ovens site in Sydney is going to look a lot greener come spring. That's when a local...

A bill that would open up medical cannabis in Utah on a limited basis will head to the House floor on the final day of the legislative session without the support of a key backer – the Utah Medical Association. The advocacy group, which counts most of the physicians in the state as members...

The world's biggest cannabis contest will tighten its contamination rules and publish the names of growers and dispensaries who fail screenings for pesticides and residual solvents, Legalization Nation has learned. The Emerald Cup, held in December in Santa Rosa each year, also will add...

As the March 31 deadline approaches for retail marijuana hopefuls to apply for licenses, some local medical dispensary owners say they feel left behind by a law that merges the medical and retail industries. "We thought medical wouldn't be messed with, that medical would be intact," said Eric...

The Tehachapi City Council considered an ordinance Monday night that would prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries, cooperatives and collectives – and heard from several people who support the use of marijuana. The ordinance, which would also ban the mobile delivery, cultivation and processing...

Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon calls himself "old school," including his use of marijuana both during and after his career. Yet McMahon's stab at self-medicating could be ahead of its time. Researchers at Johns Hopkins plan to test whether a compound found in hemp – and its...

On Beacon Hill Tuesday, a special committee of the state Senate focusing on marijuana released its report of recommendations, should Massachusetts voters approve legalizing recreational marijuana this fall. While not taking a position for or against legalization, the report strikes a cautionary...

There are increasing signs that 2016 might just be the year the largest state in the nation legalizes recreational marijuana. Polls have shown from 56 percent to 60 percent of California's likely voters in the November presidential contest support legal pot. And due in part to hefty financial...

Florida's contentious medical marijuana legislation has made it to Gov. Rick Scott. After 2½ hours of debate on Monday, the Senate approved a House version of a bill (HB 307) that would expand the so-called "Right to Try" act, allowing medical marijuana use for patients with terminal...

George Hendrickson clasped his hands and peered down at lawmakers as they cast their votes on the House floor. He turned his gaze to the left, to the results of a vote on a medical marijuana bill that he hoped could provide relief for his three year old Eliyah, who suffers from multiple...

Public opinion was evenly split at a Tuesday hearing on a local bill that would allow medical marijuana to be grown in Frederick County's agricultural districts. The legislation, sponsored by M.C. Keegan-Ayer, vice president of the Frederick County Council, has seen staunch resistance in the...

A collective medical marijuana garden will shut down on July 1. The garden is located at Tom Paul's greenhouse on First Street. It will close to comply with a new state law prohibiting collective gardens within 1,000 feet of a public park. The Legislature recently decided laws allowing...

The Bernardston Board of Selectmen has agreed to issue a letter of support for a medical marijuana farm in town. The letter backs allowing Greenfield-based nonprofit organization Happy Valley Compassion Center to continue with the state licensing process to operate an indoor facility here...

LAST month's federal law change making it legal for Australian patients and doctors to access medicinal cannabis has changed nothing for Jeremy Bester and his family. Mr Bester's mother Lyn Cleaver and her partner Malcolm Amundsen already provide him with spoonfuls of home-grown cannabinoid...